Ethnic Georgians in Russia number 157,803, according to the 2010 Russian Census.

Notable Georgians in Russia

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union * Pyotr Bagrationi, general of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic War *

Nikolai Baratov Nikolai Nikolaevich Baratov (russian: Николай Николаевич Баратов) (February 1, 1865 – March 22, 1932) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Early career Baratov was born i ...

, Imperial Russian Army general during World War I *

Lavrenty Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik ...

, bolshevik and a Soviet politician * Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist *

Sergo Ordzhonikidze Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze,, ; russian: Серго Константинович Орджоникидзе, Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze) born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze, russian: Григорий Константино ...

, bolshevik and a Soviet politician *

Keti Topuria Ketevan "Keti" Topuria ( ka, ქეთევან "ქეთი" თოფურია; born 9 September 1986),

, singer * George Balanchine, ballet choreographer * Roman Bagrationi, Imperial Russian Army general *

Pavel Tsitsianov Prince Pavel Dmitriyevich Tsitsianov (russian: Павел Дмитриевич Цицианов), also known as Pavle Dimitris dze Tsitsishvili ( ka, პავლე ციციშვილი; —) was a Georgian nobleman and a prominent genera ...

, Imperial Russian Army General *

Boris Akunin Boris Akunin (russian: Борис Акунин) is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili (russian: Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили, Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili; ka, გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვ ...

, writer *

Marlen Khutsiev Marlen Martynovich Khutsiev (russian: Марле́н Марты́нович Хуци́ев; 4 October 1925 – 19 March 2019) was a Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include '' I Am Twe ...

, filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include

I Am Twenty ''I Am Twenty'' (russian: Мне двадцать лет, translit. ''Mne dvadtsat let'') is a 1965 drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiev. It is Khutsiev's most famous film and considered a landmark of 1960s Soviet cinema. The film was or ...

and

July Rain ''July Rain'' (russian: Июльский дождь, Iyulskiy dozhd) is a 1967 Soviet drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiev. Plot The heroes of the film are about thirty. Very often at this time people have a period of revision of the positions a ...

. *

Otar Iosseliani Otar Iosseliani ( ka, ოთარ იოსელიანი, born 2 February 1934) is a Georgian-born film director. He was born in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi, where he studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire and graduated in 1952 ...

, film maker. *

Bulat Okudzhava Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (russian: link=no, Булат Шалвович Окуджава; ka, ბულატ ოკუჯავა; hy, Բուլատ Օկուջավա; May 9, 1924 – June 12, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musici ...

, poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter *

Zurab Sotkilava Zurab Lavrentievich Sotkilava (russian: Зураб Лаврентьевич Соткилава, ka, ზურაბ სოტკილავა; 12 March 1937 – 18 September 2017) was a Georgian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR ...

, a Georgian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR recipient. * Nikolay Tsiskaridze, ballet dancer who had been a member of the Bolshoi Ballet for 21 years (1992–2013). *

Georgiy Daneliya Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya ( ka, გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია; russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya ( ka, გ� ...

, film director and screenwriter. *

Mikheil Chiaureli Mikheil Chiaureli ( ka, მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, russian: Михаил Эдишерович Чиаурели, 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed ...

, actor, film director and screenwriter. *

Zurab Tsereteli Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli ( ka, ზურაბ კონსტანტინეს ძე წერეთელი, russian: Зураб Константинович Церетели; born 4 January 1934) is a Georgian-Russian painter, sc ...

, painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments. *

Konstantin Meladze Konstantin Shotayevich Meladze (russian: Константин Шотаевич Меладзе, ka, კონსტანტინე მელაძე) (born 11 May 1963 in Batumi) is a Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer. He is the older b ...

, composer and producer *

Grigory Leps Grigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze (russian: link=no, Григо́рий Ви́кторович Лепсверидзе, ka, გრიგორი ვიქტორის ძე ლეფსვერიძე), known as Grigory Leps (born 16 July ...

, singer-songwriter *

Oleg Basilashvili Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili (russian: Оле́г Валериа́нович Басилашви́ли; ka, ოლეგ ბასილაშვილი, ; born 26 September 1934) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist ...

, actor and a political figure in the former Soviet Union and Russia. People's Artist of the USSR (1984). *

Otar Kushanashvili Otar Shalvovich Kushanashvili (russian: Ота́р Ша́лвович Кушанашви́ли; born 22 June 1970, Kutaisi) is a Georgia (country), Georgian and Russian music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist". He ...

, music journalist and broadcaster who describes himself as "anti-publicist". *

Tamara Gverdtsiteli Tamara Mikhailovna Gverdtsiteli ( ka, თამარ გვერდწითელი}, russian: Тамара Михайловна Гвердцители; born 18 January 1962) is a Georgian-Russian singer and actress. Early life and educati ...

, singer, actress and composer, People's Artist of Ingushetia, Georgia (since 1991) and Russia (since 2004). * Soso Pavliashvili, singer *

Mikhail Kalatozov Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov ( ka, მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი, russian: Михаил Константинович Калатозов; 28 December 1903 – 26 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a So ...

, Soviet film director *

Sofiko Chiaureli Sophia Chiaureli ( ka, სოფიკო ჭიაურელი; 21 May 1937 – 2 March 2008), professionally known as Sofiko Chiaureli, was a Soviet Georgian actress. Thought to be the muse of filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, she played a sig ...

, Soviet actress *

Lidiya Vertinskaya Lidiya Vladimirovna Vertinskaya (russian: Лидия Владимировна Вертинская), born Tsirgvava ( ka, წირღვავა; russian: Циргва́ва) (14 April 1923 – 31 December 2013) was a Russian and Georgian ac ...

, Soviet and Russian actress and artist. *

Alexander Chavchavadze Prince Alexander Chavchavadze ( ka, ალექსანდრე ჭავჭავაძე, russian: Александр Чавчавадзе; 1786 – November 6, 1846) was a Georgian poet, public benefactor and military figure. Regarded as th ...

, poet and general in the Russian empire.

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